Blue Rope Contemporary Expressions pulls at reader’s wanderlust through its vivid images of blue rope that dots the landscape of the West Coast of Ireland, as if placed on purpose to captivate hearts and minds. Artist, Joan Maureen Collins was compelled to capture these naturally caused, dramatic land art installations through photograph, as she wandered the West Coast of Ireland.
Beyond the brief introduction, the contemporary photographs connect the reader with a wild tie to Ireland, through the theme of blue rope sneaking into the view of dramatic backdrops such as Sleigh Head on the Dingle Peninsula, Sherkin Ireland off the coast of West Cork, and the ancient and mystical Burren. In a Sleigh Head image, for example, one look evokes a reaction similar to when Collins sited blue rope tied around a large boulder balanced thousands of feet above aqua water of the Atlantic. We feel the same urge to climb to the site and ponder this unexplainable occurrence as our hearts pump from the sheer beauty of the dramatic landscape.
When she created Blue Rope Contemporary Expressions, Joan Maureen Collins set out to create a book of expressions that illuminates the idea that art is all around us and beauty sometimes comes in forms we do not always expect. We just have to look. Be inspired, open this book, and start looking.